Headband and similar article



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F. MURMANN HEADBAND ARI) IMI'LAfi ARTiiiE Fild w 1922 Mayan/TOR.

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STATES FREDERICK VALENTINE MURMANN, 0F LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

HEADIBAND AND SIMILAR ARTICLE.

Application filed May 31,

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK VALENTINE MURMANN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Leicester, in the county of Leicester, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Headbands and Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to headbands, fillets, hatbands and similar articles, and has for its object a new or improved construction thereof and the method of producing the same.

The said articles are formed from a short length of fabric, produced on a knitting loom or frame, and the invention is concerned with the formation and the method relating thereto of the ends of such fabric (which fabric is hereinafter for the sake of brevity termed the band) so as to permit separable fastening means such for example as press studs or stud and socket fasteners, to be applied thereto to enable the band to be passed round instead of over the head or hat for application thereto.

With bands which are fabricated from silk or cotton or from what is generally known as artificial silk which term is generally understood as consisting of yarns or threads spun from cellulose or its derivatives, considerable difilculty has been experienced in forming the ends of such bands to afford a satisfactory anchorage for the fastening means.

It has not been found practicable to shape the ends of the bands by cutting the fabric or incising it, as fabrics made from silk, cotton or artificial silk present difficulties which are inherent in thenature of the threads em ployed, and results in what is well known in the trade as laddering or dropped stitches and consequently such methods are impracticable with these fabrics as will be appreciated by those conversant with silk, cotton and artificial silk fabrics produced upon knitting looms or frames.

After considerable experimenting to obtain a satisfactory method of shaping the ends of the said bands it has been found that the following gives the best results. A band of the desired length to form a fillet or headband for wear around the head or a hatband is cut from a continuous length of flat. fab- 1922. Serial No. 564,984.

fabric transversely of its length. The end of the fabric is then fashioned into cuneiform shape by turning down the corners and bringing their edges into juxtaposition in the centre of the band. Or alternatively I may double the band centrally along its length and unite the superposed thicknesses of fabric at the end by stitches, the band, on being opened out, assuming the cuneiform shape hereinbefore referred to. The point or apex of the end is then folded over upon the turned down corners and the fastening means secured to the point and to the lower edge of the said turned down corners. v

In order that my invention may be the more clearly understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the fabric cut to the desired length.

Figure 2 shows the band doubled centrally along its length.

Figure 3 is the same as Figure Qbut showing the superposed thicknesses of fabric united at the end by stitches.

Figure 4 shows Figure 3 opened out and assuming the cuneiform shape.

Figure 5 shows the point or apex of each end folded over upon the turned down corners.

Fi ure 6 shows the complete article with the fastening means secured to the points and turned down corners. a

With reference to the drawings the re quired length of fabric a (Figure 1) is folded centrally along its length (Figure 2) and secured at each end by stitches b as shown in Figure 3. The fabric is then opened and assumes the cuneiform shape, hereinbefo re. ,mentioned, and as shown in Figure 4. The

two points 0 are then folded over to the edge d, thereby forming an end to the fabric hav'- clined or diverging sides as shown in Figure 5.

The points 0 may then be secured by stitches passing through them and through the folded corners 6 (Figure 4) immediately thereunder.

One element f of a press stud or separable fastening device is then secured by stitches or equivalent to one of the points 0 and to the lower edge of the turned down corners and thus a thickness of fabric of sufficient substance or anchorage is obtained to hold the said fastening element in position to bear such strain as is likely to be exerted theremg a central straight edge with two in on. The other element 9 of the pressstud is then secured by stitches to the opposite end, but is secured underneath the turned down corners as shown in Figure 6. 7

To fasten the ends of the article together, the socket element 9 is brought into position over and pressed upon the stud element 7 so that one end of the band overlaps the other.

as shown in Figure 8, the press stud fastening being hidden between the twocoverlapping ends of, the article.

Instead of the points 0, after folding as shown in Figure 5, being separately secured as described by stitches to the part immediately underneath, they may .be secured solely by the stitches which hold the fastening elements in position such, stitches penetrating only the folded over members. K v When the band is used as a hatbandfor external use on a hat and is to be provided with a bow, the latter may be formed as a separate element in the manner well understood and be attached to the, band by press studs or the like or alternatively by tacking w. threads or stitches.

What I claim then is I 1. A headband for personal wearconsisting of a strip of fabric the opposite ends of which are turned down at the corners, the

meeting edges stitched together and the pointed extremities folded inwards and secured to the turned down parts, a fastening element attached to one of the folded-in parts and a complementary fastening element attached to the other folded-in part.

2. As an article of manufacture, a headband for personal wear consisting of a strip of fabric each end of which is first made pointed by folding and stitching and then has the pointed extremity folded backwards and secured, a fastening element secured upon thefloutside of one folded point, and a complementary fastening element secured underneath the folded part at the opposite end of the strip. p 3.,As an article of manufacture, a headband for personal wear consisting of a length of fabric the endsof which are first folded and the meeting edges stitched, then flattened to cuneiform shape, then folded back at the extremities and then have appliedthereto fasteningelements, said elements and folded parts being secured by stitches In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FREDERICK VALENTINE MURMANN. 

